Ironing-machine.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

No. 885,765. I

J S LANGWORTHY IRONING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1906.

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PATENTED'APR. 2s, 1908. J. s. LANGWORTHY. IRONING MACHINE. AP PLIOATIONI'ILED MAR. 26, 1906 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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State of New Jersey, have invented certain UNITED sT TEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. LANGWORTHY,-0F EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE VICTOR MANGLE COMPANY, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

mourns-1140mm}. no. 886,765. Specification of Letterajfatent. Patented April 28,. mos.

' A Application filed March 26, 1900. Serial No. 807,972.. g

To all whom it may concern: machine, the hot air from 'the machine must Be it known that I, JOHN S. LANGWORTHY, pass one or the other set of operators. A0-

a citizen of the United States, residing at cording to my present im rovement all the East Orange, in the county of Essex and o 'erators are at one side o the machine, and

: tliie hot air ma be drawn off at the other side 60 new and useful Improvements in Ironin to the great re ief of both the feed and the de-- Machines, of which'the following is a speci livery operators. Various other advantages cation. I a I are referred to in detail hereinafter. V

The invention relates to the type of ironing The accompanying drawings illustrate emmachlnes or mangleswherein a steam-heate bodiments of the mvention.

ing at the side opposite the feed have. re- The apron 35 chine. The deliverin of the goods immedi-v veyin part of the apparatus, an

metal cylinder, .box, chest, drum or the like, Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of a machine in or a number thereof, are combined with which the steam heated member is omitted; padded rolls or endless aprons, or both,,'in Fig. 2.is a side elevation of another machine such a manner that the goods are carried 1111- showing a sin le cylinder as the steam-heated 5 der more orless pressure and friction over the member, an showing a different arrange- 70 heated parts, and thus dried and smoothed ment of the apron. v e or ironed. y Thearrangement of the heated parts of The object of the invention is to simplifly; the a aratus which perform the actual ironand reduce the expense of'operation of -suc ing of t e goods, is not material to the present 20 machines. Machines of this character in the invention. Such parts are shown typically 7 past have been arranged to feed at onefside in Fig. 2, as a'cylinderA a ainst which run a and deliver at the opposite side, or at a point felt roller B and an apron the oods being immediately below the feeding oint not confed in at the point D. The goo s are delivveniently accessible. The mac ines deliverered at the oint E in the rear of point D.

(l does not necessarily run over so quired a double set of endless aprons or tapes, the top of the cylinder. Any suitable means or numerous extra rolls, plates orshields and maybe. provided for carrying the goods over other intricate devices, in order to utilize as this part of the cylinder. The apron C, howmuohas possible of the surface ofthe steamever, seizes the goods before theg leave the heated cylinder, the goods being carried subcylinder and conveys them to t e delive stantially all the way around the cylinder to point. A single apron is thus made to do a l a point adjacent to the feeding point, and the work of conveyin the fgoods over the belng then carried by various types of conclylinderor a portion .t ereo and thence to veyers back to the opposite side of the mat e delivery point, thus simplifyilg the conv reducing 9o ately adjacent to the ceding point is imprac- 'consi erably the expense of construction, ticable, especially with large goods such as running and repairs. Preferably a stand 'F sheets. It is im ossible for the same operais provlded for the feedin operator, and the tor to feed the amp goods and receive the apron C conveys the goo s below said stand 40 finished goods, and 1n ,allmachines of large to the-delivery point. As shown in F' 1, 95 size additional conveying means have been the apron after leaving the heated part 0 the provided for carryin the goods to the ogpm. apparatus at the guide roller G, passes in an .site side of the machine after assing t em 7 o ique direction to a curved guide H on'the substantially around the c lin er. under side of the operator's stand, and thence According to my invention a single apron to an adjustable guide roller J, at which point 100 or the like is sufiicient for carrying. t e goods it delivers the goods, and returns by any consubstantially around the cylinder and'to the venient path, ,as for exanlifl' e by that indidehvery point, this desirable result being catedby the guide rollers L, M, Nand O,

efiected by arran g the delivery point at to the point where it again takes hold of the the rear of the feeg preferably below an opergoods. 4 1o ators stand at the ceding point. The space below the feeding opera'tors In order to prevent the overheating of the stand F maybe reduced, and said st'and be operators, it 1s customary to draw ofl the given an additional width, by the construcheated air by fans. In apparatus in which tion illustrated in Fig. 2, in which theapron the operators stand at, opposite sides of the after passing over the roll G is brought-back ward and downward over the substantially vertical curved guide P, a similar curved plate Q being arranged at the rear of the stand to enable the apron to carry the goods in an approximatelyl vertical direction. In this construction t e lower ends of the guides are disposed in approximately the same plane so that the apron travels below the stand F in a substantially horizontal direction. Preferably the ends of the guides are so shaped that the apron passes smoothly under them.

In connection with this arrangement the apron is shown returning to its startinfi point by means of guide rollers J, K, L, M, R, S

and T. r

It is understood that the apron may run over any desired number of heated members, as it carries the goods to the delivery point.-

For example the guides P and Q.may be heated for the purpose of further ironing the goods, thus increasing the rapidity of o eration and the output of the machine. R0 lers, or series of rollers, maybe substituted for the guide plates H, P and Q. 1

In t e use of ironing machines of this class, it is often found on account of irregular damp ness or other cause, that some pieces come from the machine imperfectly ironed and re- I ting both the fee and the delivery operators near to each other, facilitates the return of imperfect work to thefeeders, and insures a more uniformly good result.

. Where the feed and delivery are; at opposite sides of the machine,-the operators face each other and spend a good deal of their time in conversation,with a conse uent diminution of care in their work. e present machine places one operator behind the other so as to discourage conversation and concentrate the attention of the operators on their work. Y

parts, enhances of the goods in t The large 0 on air s acesmade possible by.

the fewness o the ro ers, aprons and other 1greatly the airing and drying e11 passagethrough the machine. It also reduces greatly the care and attention which the machine requires, as

.well as the expense of felts'and other materials forabsorbing the moisture from the v The economyin space effectedby the invention' is noteworthy. In many. places where lar eironingmachinesof this class are desired, t e' question ofroom is of such great unportance as in some instances to actually. preclude the use of an ironing machine; The

. esavee space necessary for the operators, not merely to stand inbut to actually work in and to handle their goods on both sides of the machine, has been very considerable heretofore, as well as room for them to pass to and from their stations. This invention by arrangingall the o erators'on one side, makes it possible to ocate the machine with its back against a wall, or even with the entire machine in a corner, with a consequent maximum economy of space.

One or more shelves U may be conveniently provided between the delivery operators and the feedin operators, upon which may be received the large quantities of damp work which are brought to the feeders, thus avoiding the necessity of tables-or benches or the like which are now used. The shelf U is in the most convenient position for permitting the receiving 0 erat-ors to place goods upon it which have con imperfectly ironed and are to be returned to the feeders.

When these machine's are in active use they require a renewal of felts or aprons at frequent intervals, varying from one month in some cases to three or four or five months in other cases. The small'number of these parts, and the simplicity of them in my improved machine, makes such repairs a mat-' ter of great simplicity, so that they can be repaired specially s illed operators, and careful adjustment, such as have been prior machines.

- Though I have described with eat particularity of detail certain embomfiinents of my invention, yet it is not to be understood therefrom that the invention is limited to the specific embodiments disclosed. Various modifications in detail, and in the arran emade by those skilled in the art, without de parture from the invention.

- What I claim is:- 1. An ironing machine having a heate ,part, means ada ted to carry goods over a uickly and without the use of I required with ment and combination of the parts, may e esired portion 0 such heated part and thence to deliver the goods on the same side of the machine as the feeding point, and a support for an operator past which such carrying means convey the goods.

2. An ironing machine having a heated part, and feeding and delivery points both' arranged on the same side of said heated part, one in front of the other, said feeding and delivery points being spaced apart to form a passage in which an operator can work, and means carrym'gthe goods over'a desired veying t point.

em past such passage to the rear iprtion of such heated part and conand delivery points on the same side of the machine, onein front of the other, a stand 'foran operator at the front point, and means said points downwardly for conveyin the goods betwe n the ironing device and t e rear'point, 'suc means runmng in a eneralvert cal direct on to pass around sa1 stand.

4. An ironing machine having its feeding a machine, and said apron being adapted to carry the goods over such heated part and to deliver them a sufiicient distance to the rear of the feeding point to permit an operator to stand between the feeding and delivery points.

' 6. An ironing machine having itsfeeding and delivery points on the same side of the machine, orie being arranged at the rear of the other, and spaced apart therefrom, an-

operators -stand between such points, and means for conveying the odds from one of elow such stand andu wardly to the other of said pomts.

7. point, a heatingdevice around which the goods are carried, means for delivering the goods at a point remote from said heating semen n'ironing machine having a feeding discharge end 0' such delivery means and said heating device, said feeding point and the discharge and of said delivery means being on the same side of the machine. 8. An ironing .machine having a vertically traveling apron C arranged to carr the goods over a desired ortion of the su ace of ,the heatedpart of t e machine, and thence goods. I

9. An ironing machine having a verticallly travelin apron 0 arranged to carry the goo s over a esired-portion of the surface of the heated part of the machine and thence to the feeding oint, an o erators stand F, and curved gui es P and arranged in an approximately vertical position for directing the movement of the a ron C, said guides having their lower ends isposed in approximately the same plane soas to permit the apron to run in a substantially horizontal direction below the stand F.

my namein the presence of two subscri ing witnesses.

JOHN s.

Witnesses:

D. ANTHONY Usma, Tnnononr: T. SNELL.

device, andan o erators stand between the 35 to convey and.deliver the goods at the rear of the feeding point, and a feeding operators' stand F below which the apron C conveys the convey and deliver the goods at the rear of In witness whereof, I have hereunto s i ed LANGWORTHY, I 

